Absa Group announced it plans to begin trials expanding its contactless payment network at the bank’s rugby fan park in Cape Town, according to ITWeb. The first trial of the new Springbok Supporters Club tap-and-go card will be piloted at the Absa Boktown fan park, where fans will be able to tap the card to […]

SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), France’s national state-owned railway company, has chosen Ingenico solutions to supply 3,000 of its contactless point of sale terminals across all SNCF sales desks. Ingenico will provide the iCT250 contactless terminal and its associated PIN-pad, the iPP2xx developed with Telium technology. The new terminals will provide SNCF […]

Netherlands Railways will phase out paper train tickets by 2013, when it will then adopt the OV-Chipkaart national public transport smart card for all fares, according to railjournal.com. Netherlands Railways will convert all its existing ticket machines to distribute OV-Chipkaarts, offering all products available through the national smartcard system, and provide credit top-ups for regular […]

The Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa is in its final phase of developing the ConnectCard electronic fare system, according to a local news brief. The Port Authority is seeking volunteers to test out the new smart card fare collection system that will enable riders on buses, the T or the Incline to swipe […]

NXP Semiconductors and security specialist Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have singed an agreement enabling G&D to integrate NXP’s Mifare technology into its portfolio of secure SIM products. Per the agreement, G&D can now offer Mifare-enabled SIM products to mobile network operators, enabling the deployment of NFC mobile ticketing solutions throughout Mifare’s global contactless infrastructure. According […]

OC Transpo says its new Presto smart card scheme has been delayed until the local agency responsible for supplying it works out glitches with the system, according to The Ottawa Citizen. The system was scheduled to go live July 1. However, according to transit commission chair Diane Deans, due to technical problems with the system […]

Gemalto announced the deployment of its next gen, multi-application smart card technology for Taiwan’s EasyCard transit payment and ticketing system. The new EasyCard will also enable micropayments in other venues outside transit. The new Gemalto Celego card will be used by over 30 million metro riders in the Greater Taipei Area. It is also accepted […]

For public transit users, the grind of a daily commute is two-fold. Not only do you have to cram onto a crowded bus or train, but you also have to worry about having your fare ready, whether you’ve got exact change, if your transit pass has expired, or what to do if your transit card […]